Sacco and Vanzetti were two of the most famous men in the 1920’s. It did not come from social or economic status however. Instead it stemmed from a court case that put American Justice on trial, and stretched the limits of the American people and foreigners alike. Few men have ever came from nothing to famous in less than a year. Sacco and Vanzetti were two italian anarchists that happened to speak out at the wrong time, and get wrongly accused and snuffed out because of the fearful and misguided government figures and Heads of State. Throughout history we have never had a time like this. It truly shaped the future and helped build and bind Americans into what they are to this day.
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It was due to this and several other factors that the theory developed and evolved into what it is today. According to (Irving Horowitz)(2005)(p.283) the two men were convicted in a hysteria of anarchist hatred. During this the hatred and fear of anarchism and communism was well known and widely spread. In an article by (Moshik Temkin)(2007)(p.8) the open prejudice of the judge and jury was part of the reason the trial was so unjust and unlawful. As said in a different online journal (Dan Colson)(2014)(p.14) The jurors responsibilities are to demonstrate their “American Loyalty” by acting as the criminal trials “True soldiers”. These various representatives must locate the defendant on one side of guilty, or innocent. Such is their duty to the state. This goes to show that no matter the feelings and opinions the trial must ultimately “prove” guilt or if proof is lacking assume innocence. In an Encyclopedia of American History (Richard B. Morris)(1953)(p.336) it is said that “It was charged by liberals and radicals in the U.S. and abroad that these two men are and were on trial because of and for their radical beliefs and view. Not for an actual crime.” And so the two men became martyrs for their cause. As said by (Moshik Temkin)(2007)(p.8) Sacco and Vanzetti became reincarnations of the radical abolitionist John Brown or even of Jesus Christ. This trial and legal debate sparked much debate and resentment in the people. (Moshik Temkin)(2007)(p.8) “No other event until the vietnam was evoked as much anti-American sentiment among non-Americans who had previously held favorable views of the U.S. and its legal system.” Throughout many months and several articles and a lot of public attention, Sacco and Vanzetti became idols and celebrities. The case was fought on many different levels but nothing had been proven. Just as in the